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Meanings of bustle about in English

Move or cause to move energetically or busily.

        Synonyms
        Examples for "bustle"
        Examples for "bustle"
        1
        She heard the pleasant bustle below; the light laughter, the cheery calls.
        The Shield of Silence
        2
        There was immediately a great bustle and panic among all the nucleons.
        Alice in quantumland: an allegory of quantum physics
        3
        All through the night there was bustle and commotion in the house.
        Mary Barton
        4
        As we entered the inclosure we found the house in a bustle.
        Servia, Youngest Member of the European Family / or, A Residence...
        5
        Esther and Catherine found relief and amusement in the bustle of preparation.
        Esther
        1
        But in the case of the Harrises, hustle is a family thing.
        Ebony
        2
        The point is, this no longer looks like a fly-by-night hustle job.
        Wired
        3
        Bradshaws were in great evidence everywhere; all was hustle and glad animation.
        The Quest of the Sacred Slipper
        4
        This is the City Hall Police Headquarters again; hustle it up, please.
        The Case and the Girl
        5
        The Mavs' bench provided the hustle in the big 34-point second quarter.
        Reuters
        Usage of bustle about in English
        1
        Staff bustle about, setting up training sessions for boxing, table tennis, football.
        The Guardian
        2
        The emigrants run to the top of the twigs, bustle about actively.
        The Life of the Spider
        3
        She would talk and bustle about, fretting, alternately criticizing and mothering him.
        Timescape
        4
        You don't say? The man in blue began to bustle about sympathetically.
        Typhoon
        5
        What a pitiful scoundrel is here to make all this bustle about!
        Caleb Williams; Or, Things as They Are
        6
        The men began to bustle about directly he got on deck.
        The Queen's Cup
        7
        Mrs. Wake went back to the kitchen, and Christine began to bustle about.
        A Changed Man, and Other Tales
        8
        Don't bustle about with tea and bread and such for your working man.'
        Orb Sceptre Throne
        9
        Quickly Beaudry rose and began to bustle about with suspicious cheerfulness.
        The Sheriff's Son
        10
        Then I have to bustle about and see things with my own eyes.
        Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
        11
        You bustle about and make yourself useful, and don't talk rot.
        The Head of Kay's
        12
        Here is a fuss and a bustle about a chit's face!
        The Monk: A Romance
        13
        He began to bustle about in preparation for her breakfast.
        The Big-Town Round-Up
        14
        Then the noise and bustle about my residence was hushed.
        Mexico and Its Religion / With Incidents of Travel in That Count...
        15
        There was a great bustle about the little homestead on that eventful Tuesday afternoon.
        Station Life in New Zealand
        16
        Aunt Dide had begun to bustle about the room again.
        The Fortune of the Rougons
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